[nagdu] Fw: [buddy-l] A very bad legislative effort
Albert J Rizzi
albert at myblindspot.org
Sat Jan 2 14:26:27 UTC 2010
What is the proper term please? I do not mean to offend. After looking at
the word bound I could see how it would be such.
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From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Julie J
Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 8:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: [buddy-l] A very bad legislative effort
Did you know that the term "wheelchair bound" is considered to be in very
poor taste?
With that said, I think we need to make an effort to return to your
regularly scheduled programming...guide dogs.
Thanks muchly!
Julie
NAGDU list moderator
----- Original Message -----
From: "Albert J Rizzi" <albert at myblindspot.org>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
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Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: [buddy-l] A very bad legislative effort
> There is a school called capable canines, which provide specific services
> for those needing assistance animals who are wheel chair bound. I know for
> a
> fact that the animals from that organization are afforded the same
> protections our guides are as they perform specific tasks for their
> handlers. the people getting service animals from capable canines are
> afflicted with forms of paralysis. I know this because we just donated
> 6000
> dollars to their organization. I do not believe they train animals to
> detect
> seizures, or diabetes, but I will call the executive director next week to
> inquire.
>
> Albert J. Rizzi, M.Ed.
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> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of cheryl echevarria
> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 1:39 PM
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>
> I believe there is one out here on long island.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Albert J Rizzi<mailto:albert at myblindspot.org>
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog
> Users'<mailto:nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 1:44 PM
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>
>
> While initially some dogs did this trick or task of their own volition
> and
> as a true connection to their owners, there are two schools in the united
> states that train dogs for seizure and diabetic detections. I will dig
> up
> those schools out of my files and share the information with you all. I
> first learned of this as a trainable task this summer when speaking to a
> group of students with type one diabetes. A parent asked me to
> investigate
> this option for her daughter and as I stated found two schools, one of
> which
> is based in Indiana if I recall correctly. The cost to train such dogs
> is
> anywhere from 5 to 10 thousand dollars. my lions club here on long island
> is
> hoping to include them in our giving program this year. So let me get
> back
> to you all on this new breed of service animal which most certainly, as
> properly outlined in Julie's post will fall under the definition of a
> service animal as protected under the ADA. I could see however, the task
> or
> service such an animal would provide could be cause for some serious
> dialogue
>
> Albert J. Rizzi, M.Ed.
> CEO/Founder
> My Blind Spot, Inc.
> 90 Broad Street - 18th Fl.
> New York, New York 10004
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> Fax: 212-858-5759
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> is
> doing it."
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>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org<mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org>
> [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Tamara Smith-Kinney
> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 1:25 PM
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> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Fw: [buddy-l] A very bad legislative effort
>
> Good explanation! I was mulling that one over, too; still getting there!
> But I think you put it very well. /smile/
>
> Tami Smith-Kinney
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> Albert,
>
> most dogs who alert to a medical condition such as diabetes are doing
> it out of instinct. Some dogs choose their alert by engaging in some
> very inappropriate behaviors for public access such as barking or
> jumping up on the person. The alert itself needs to be accompanied by
> a *trained* task.
>
> Here is my question. If I had an alert dog who's default alert was
> barking, and if I retrained this alert so that the dog nudges my arm
> when I'm about to experience a medical event, would that then be a
> train task? I would say yes. However if I did not retrain that alert
> and just let my dog bark, it wouldn't be doing a trained task.
>
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